In ancient China, poets often used specific plants and flowers to symbolize virtues. Among them, the plum blossom, orchid, bamboo, and chrysanthemum were collectively revered as the 'Four Gentlemen' of flowers. The Asian Art Museum in San Francisco houses a 19th-century Japanese calligraphy collection centered on the Four Gentlemen of Flowers. In a previous article, we translated poems about the plum blossom. This article is the second in the series, focusing on the orchid, a flower that symbolized the virtues of a gentleman in ancient Chinese culture